The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-12-10
The Hawaiian Legislature.
BOTH DAY-FRIDAr, Dec. 9th
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The House resumed at | p. NJ.
The discussion on the Chinese
immigration bill was resumed.
Mr.. Smith stated that this ques-
ton was of immense Importance.
and if the bill is reconsidered he
should move that the bill be re-
ferred to a special committee to re-
port tomorrow or Monday.
Mr.. Castle said he thought it was
about time that threats we're stop
ped. We had a threat from the
Ministry on another bill. Now Mr..
Smith makes the threat, if we don't
reconsider the bill, the Ministry will
resign. So long as the Cabinet have
the confidence of the country they
should not resign. A direct vote of
the want of confidence is a different
matter. / don't think that the
Ministry will resign even if the
House sustains the action of this
morning. He also said that the
Supreme Court had decided that
the resolution restricting this class
of immigrant was legal, and the
Minister of the Interior is mistaken
when he says that the only way to
stop such immigration is to stand on
the wharf and shoot them as they
arrive. This is not the manner of
stopping immigration in civilized
countries. If the vote to reconsider
is lost, that ends the matter for this
session. l don't think that we shall
make anything by referring this bill
to a committee to report this ses-
sion, therefore l shall vote against a
reconsideration.
Mr.. Kinney said that great deal
has been said about child's play,
now he wanted to say something about
child's play. Mr.. Castle gets up and
assures this House that it is all right,
as he did with the Water works bill
and says that the Ministry can make
such restrictions as they think pro-
per. Mr.. Castle is trying to hang
on to the coat tails of the mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
and does not consider the interests
of other classes. Such work is
child's play. The Chamber of Com
merce have not one word to say, adj
vising any restriction, and there are
5000 Chinese on the way now; a
voice, and they will land any way.
The Ministry should resign, if this
bill is thrown out and it would be
unmanly in them to stay in under
the circumstances. | am almost
convinced to vote against recon-
sideration unless / hear something
from the Ministry. They cannot 60
out in better way. There is some
thing irreconcilable in this House,
it is divided, and the sooner the
issue comes the better. We have
been fighting since the 30th of June
and it is a good time for the Ministry
to 60 out; they have done their
work. The Ministry have now a
chance for glorious end. They
have worked hard. | don't take
any stock in the talk that Mr.. Castle
don't like the Chinese. If it is the
interest of the planters that this bill
does not 60 through the Ministry
have not got the public at their
back, and they may as well 60.
There is class of people in this
country that is opposed to their
immigration, and they may develop
into Kearnyism. We have got to
have Ministry that will either let
up on Chinese restriction or one
that is opposed to it. There will be
trouble, any way. There are two
bills laying on the table now that
are vetoed, that would not have
been had this vote been different.
Voice. don't believe it.. 1t is
true, know for fact that it is so,
from a member of this House.
Minister Green stated that the
King had been advised to sign all
the bills, and had given no special
answer as to what he should do. In
regard to the bill before the House,
he said that the House might sit in
committee for a month and then
they would not be satisfied with the
bill they might draft. The question
that was brought before the Cabinet
was, shall we or shall we not be
swamped by Chinese male immi
grants? There were.rules enough be-
foreto restrict Chinese immigration
but it did not do so; the Cabinet
thought the House would help them
to restrict this immigration, and the
bill was endorsed by the House on
its second reading by large ma
jority. Now at the last moment
resolution comes into this House
from the Chamber OF Commerce, an
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